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If a Case feature is weak, does that mean it doesn't have to be checked (and deleted) until LF? Given that Case features are universally [-interpretable] - meaning their existence will cause a derivation crash at LF - how is it possible to delay checking until LF?

I am working on meaning reception in discourse. I was wondering if it is possible to understand and analyze the pragmatic meaning of a phrase or sentence before its semantic meaning. Could you please help me on this?